Re: [PHP] Has this always been the case?

On 31 May 2013, at 11:57, Richard Quadling <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Both
> 
> <?php
> class Oddity{
>  public $var = 'a' . 'b';
> }
> ?>
> 
> and
> 
> <?php
> class Oddity{
> const A_VAR = 'a' . 'b';
> }
> ?>
> 
> produce ...
> 
> PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or ';' in -
> on line 3
> 
> For properties, has this always been the case?
> 
> Admittedly, this is the first time I've ever written code to assign a
> concatenated string to a static property ...
> 
>    static protected $s_NormaliserScript = __DIR__ . '/normalizedError.php';
> 
> And I was just surprised.
> 
> That's all.

Yes, it has. Initial values class constants and member variables must be literal values. If you need to do that use a constructor.

-Stuart

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